BYRON TOWNSHIP — Following the denial of plans for a gas station and convenience store on Wilson Avenue, the property owner said he is unsure of the project’s next step.

The Planning Commission unanimously rejected the plan for the J&H Family Convenience Store at 6066 Wilson Ave. SW, north of the Paul Henry Freeway (M-6), proposed to include five fuel islands and a restaurant with a drive-up window. Concerns include access to the property and lack of architectural drawings and other details submitted.

The project has been in the works for more than a year, and previously was held up while the Department of Natural Resources and Environment considered a permit for moving a county drain on the site. It was approved in June. The Planning Commission tabled the plan in September.

Commissioners said a private drive needs to be built along the southern edge of the property to address future developments to the south, but Craig Hoppen, president of J&H Oil Co., a road would encroach too far onto the property, making his development impossible to fit on the site.

“The township has more or less condemned my property,” he said.

But commissioners said the site needs to be developed with adjacent properties in mind because of the township’s desires for future development near M-6. Access from Wilson Avenue that would serve the property also must serve parcels to the south, designated as commercial.

“We want everything together and they want us to look at this spot separately,” Commissioner John Stone said.

The commission unanimously approved another gas station plan for a Speedway at 64th Street and Byron Center Avenue SW.

Kevin Foley, construction specialist with Speedway, said property, at 6419 Byron Center Ave. SW, will include the 4,000-square-foot gas station with six fueling lanes and a convenience store on the lot’s north side. A separate site plan for a 10,000-square-foot Rainbow Child Development Center on the south side of the property will be considered separately.